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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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